Often denotes in Scripture only a less degree of love, Genesis 29:30,31 Deuteronomy 21:15 Proverbs 13:24 Malachi 1:2,3 Luke 14:26 Romans 9:13 . God has a just and perfect abhorrence of sin and sinners, Psalm 5:5 . But hatred in general is a malevolent passion, Galatians 5:20 , and no one who is not perfect in love, can hate without sin.